Jewish prayer songs and Hebrew songs (popular/classic)

[Sweet_Caroline]

More from the wonderful Amsterdam Klezmer Band

 

[Sweet_Caroline]

I'm on a roll now!!

 

[Jroc]

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EdL_TLbHsg"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EdL_TLbHsg[/ame]

 

[guno]

 

[Statistikhengst]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpqVYvPIv1s

I saw them live in a performance at the "Bauhaus" in Dessau in either 1990 or 2000, in the Fall. I know the trombonist, Gabor is his name. They play extremely well.

The group was founded in the early 90s and started touring after their 4th or 5th CD came out. I improv'd a couple of Niguneem with them in a jam session AFTER the concert in the Bahause (Walter Gropius Allee, Dessau).

I also caught them once on the streets of a city called "Münster".

You video just brought back a rush of memories for me. Thanks, [MENTION=48060]guno[/MENTION]

 

[Sweet_Caroline]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpqVYvPIv1s

It was slow getting off the ground, but well worth the wait.

 

[Sweet_Caroline]

Yes, I know this song has been posted a couple of times, but here it is again with a great video.

Vehi She’amda, La’avotainu Velanu Shelo Echad Bilvad, Amad Aleinu Lechaloteinu Ela Sheb’chol Dor VaDor Omdim Aleinu Lechaloteinu V’HaKadosh Baruch Hu Matzilenu Miyadam.

And this (Hashem’s blessings and the Torah) is what kept our fathers and what keeps us surviving. For, not only one arose and tried to destroy us, rather in every generation they try to destroy us, and Hashem saves us from their hands.



Witness The Making of Matzah, From The Field to The Oven

Fascinating video shows intricate process of making the traditional unleavened bread for upcoming Passover holiday.

By Yoni Kempinski, Ari Yashar
First Publish: 4/2/2014, 12:58 PM

Tuesday marked the start of the Jewish month of Nissan, the 14th day of which is the Jewish holiday of Pesach (Passover). A fascinating new video shows the intricate process of making matzah, the traditional unleavened bread eaten on the holiday.

The various religious laws concerning the preparation of matzah are observed in the video, which follows the process from the wheat fields to the ovens, and shows the careful scrutiny in ascertaining that the matzah is not allowed to rise.

The video is set to Yonatan Raz'el's heartfelt rendition of the Jewish classic "Vehi She'amda," a song recounting G-d's protection of the Jewish people in every generation. The song is part of the Passover Haggadah text, which recounts the miraculous Exodus in which G-d brought the Jews out of Egyptian slavery to the land of Israel.

Witness The Making of Matzah, From Field to Oven - Inside Israel - News - Israel National News

 

[Statistikhengst]

Yes, I know this song has been posted a couple of times, but here it is again with a great video.

Vehi She’amda, La’avotainu Velanu Shelo Echad Bilvad, Amad Aleinu Lechaloteinu Ela Sheb’chol Dor VaDor Omdim Aleinu Lechaloteinu V’HaKadosh Baruch Hu Matzilenu Miyadam.

And this (Hashem’s blessings and the Torah) is what kept our fathers and what keeps us surviving. For, not only one arose and tried to destroy us, rather in every generation they try to destroy us, and Hashem saves us from their hands.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNgca9t2iU8

Witness The Making of Matzah, From The Field to The Oven

Fascinating video shows intricate process of making the traditional unleavened bread for upcoming Passover holiday.

By Yoni Kempinski, Ari Yashar
First Publish: 4/2/2014, 12:58 PM

Tuesday marked the start of the Jewish month of Nissan, the 14th day of which is the Jewish holiday of Pesach (Passover). A fascinating new video shows the intricate process of making matzah, the traditional unleavened bread eaten on the holiday.

The various religious laws concerning the preparation of matzah are observed in the video, which follows the process from the wheat fields to the ovens, and shows the careful scrutiny in ascertaining that the matzah is not allowed to rise.

The video is set to Yonatan Raz'el's heartfelt rendition of the Jewish classic "Vehi She'amda," a song recounting G-d's protection of the Jewish people in every generation. The song is part of the Passover Haggadah text, which recounts the miraculous Exodus in which G-d brought the Jews out of Egyptian slavery to the land of Israel.

Witness The Making of Matzah, From Field to Oven - Inside Israel - News - Israel National News

Already stocking up on Matzah and Macaroons!!!

And here comes spring cleaning!!

 

[Sweet_Caroline]

Watch A Chinese Jew's Heartfelt Passover Song
Ram, the cantor of China's renewed ancient Jewish community of Kaifeng, sings of redemption.

By Ari Yashar
First Publish: 4/3/2014, 9:59 PM

A unique video captures the heartfelt rendition of a classic Passover song in the ancient Chinese Jewish community of Kaifeng, located on the banks of the Yellow River.

Ram, a Chinese Jew and cantor of the Kaifeng community, sings "Vehi She'amda," a song recounting G-d's protection of the Jewish people in every generation. The song is part of the Passover Haggadah text, which recounts the miraculous Exodus in which G-d brought the Jews out of Egyptian slavery to the land of Israel.

The video was uploaded to YouTube this week by Michael Freund, founder of the Shavei Israel organization that helps groups with Jewish origins, such as the Bnei Menashe of India, return to the Jewish people. On Thursday, Freund was awarded the Moskowitz Prize for Zionism for his activities.

Freund wrote that he filmed the song while visiting Kaifeng last week, where he has worked to strengthen ties with local Chinese Jews who trace their ancestry to the city's ancient Jewish community. In 2009, one of the first groups of Chinese Jews returned to Israel from Kaifeng.

At its peak, during the Middle Ages, the Jewish community in Kaifeng numbered roughly 5,000. Widespread intermarriage and assimilation, as well as the death of the community's last rabbi, led the Jewish community to effectively disappear in the 19th century CE.

However, hundreds of Chinese in Kaifeng have maintained their Jewish identity, and in recent years a growing number have returned to the religion and to Israel.

It is worth noting that Israel has been strengthening its ties with China greatly in recent months.

Reports last December revealed that the Prime Minister's Office, the Foreign Ministry and exporters in the defense industry are trying to challenge the US limitations on Israeli defense exports to China.

Watch A Chinese Jew's Heartfelt Passover Song - Jewish World - News - Israel National News

 

[Sweet_Caroline]

What is Klezmer - 5 part documentary

 

[Sweet_Caroline]

Chag Pesach Sameach everyone.​

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmthKpnTHYQ#t=27[/ame]

 

[Statistikhengst]

Chag Pesach Sameach.

Enjoy your macaroons!!!

 

[Sweet_Caroline]

A Song of Passover

It was dark the night we left Egypt,
Her cities and her pyramids lay behind us like great heaps of coal,
And the wind tugging softly at our hair and pulling our clothes
Moaned softly: “Don’t go.”
But we went.

And the few scattered stars in the restless sky
Were like evil locusts hopping angrily about
And winking: “Go back!”
But we went forward

And the first night we slept on pillows of dust,
Our hearts were like wild boars trampling our chests when we remembered
We had been slaves;
Black tears fell upon our cheeks and unshackled limbs
When we dreamt of Pharaoh’s wrath;
And the cold earth whispered: “Sleep forever!”
But we awakened.

In chariots and afoot, Egypt’s lesions thundered after us,
But Moses showed us where we could cross the sea, and we hastened,
And Pharaoh’s solders, swollen with armour, went to their fate;
And Moses told us:
“They drowned in the raging waters of their hate!”

We went on and the sun stormed above our heads,
It stomped like a boot, and ground the sky to white powder,
And then we trembled and felt faint,
Until we heard Moses say:
“Slaves are those who stop searching for the way!”

And then we glimpsed the wilderness of Sinai.
Its rocks were gray claws, its flinty ground was littered with bones
And its look was endless and devouring as the tiger’s jaws:
And we tore our garments and ran about and wept with terror,
Until Moses said:
“Fear the deserts in your hearts instead!”

And so we kept on, and made our painful way
Through tomblike nights and flaming noons,
And our bewilderment and our doubts and at last our fears left us,
And we could at last, in the light of fresh dawn,
Calmly stand
And gaze down upon the fields of love and hope and courage:
Our promised land.

 

[Sunni Man]

I am a big fan of XXXX Klezmer music. ..

[ame=http://youtu.be/DkmFgQ9fM94]Itzhak Perlman plays Klezmer - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Sunni Man]

Oy vey.......is this better Ropey?? ..

[ame=http://youtu.be/mzg-8zLasTY]Klezmer in Jerusalem - Pesach, 2013 - 1 - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Ropey]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLLEBAQLZ3Q]SUNRISE SUNSET - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Coyote]

No flaming in music threads guys.

 

[Sweet_Caroline]

 

[Book of Jeremiah]

Great music, Caroline!

 

[Sweet_Caroline]

Great music, Caroline!

Thanks!

Have you read the Song of Passover above? That comes from the Hagaddah which is the prayer book we use at the Passover seder. I find it enchanting.